Bayou aux Carpes

100 fish possession limit. No size limit except as listed below for specified waters. The following waterbodies have modified size, bag, and possession limits for crappie (black and white): Caddo Lake: no size limit; bag limit = 25 per day; 50 fish possession limit; Eagle Lake: minimum size = 11-inch total length; bag limit = 30 per day; 30 fish possession limit; Poverty Point: no size limit; bag limit = 25 per day; 50 fish possession limit; Sabine River: no size limit; bag limit = 25 per day; 50 fish possession limit; Toledo Bend Reservoir: no size limit; bag limit = 25 per day; 100 fish possession limit.

Beginning June 20, 2024 keeping Red Drum over 27 inches total length is prohibited.Charter captains and crew will still be allowed to engage in fishing on charter trips to demonstrate how to catch red drum, but will not be allowed to retain red drum towards any limit on the vessel. For more information on the status of the Red Drum stock in Louisiana, visit https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/hot-topic-red-drum. Harvest in federal waters prohibited. Recreational saltwater anglers may possess a two days' bag limit on land; however, no person shall be in possession of fish over the daily bag limit in any one day or while fishing or while on the water, unless that recreational saltwater angler is aboard a trawler engaged in commercial fishing for a consecutive period of longer than 25 hours. Take or possession of red drum if federal waters is prohibited. The possession limit for red drum and spotted seatrout taken south of U.S. Hwy 90 shall be three times the daily take limit when the fisherman holds and is in possession of a valid recreational fishing license and can show a landing receipt from a public boat launch located south of U.S. Hwy 90 that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the fisherman has been actively on the water or at a remote camp that can be accessed only by water for two days or more. The fish shall be kept whole or whole gutted in separate bags for each species of fish. The bags shall be marked with the date the fish were taken, the species, the number of fish contained in the bag, and the name and license number of the person taking the fish. The fish shall only be in the possession of the person who took the fish. However, no fisherman shall be actively fishing or engaged in fishing while in possession of more than the daily take limit.